| 00:00 | 00:00The Amadeus Quartet performs Britten's String Quartet No 2. 00:30Catriona Young presents a performance of Verdi's Requiem from the 2015 BBC Proms.
| 00:30Catriona Young presents a concert given by Sinfonia Varsovia in Poland.
| 00:30Catriona Young presents Mahler's Des Knaben Wunderhorn conducted by Vasily Petrenko.
| 00:30Catriona Young presents two recitals from the Musiq'3 Festival in Belgium.
| 00:30Leonard Slatkin conducts the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra. With Catriona Young
| | 00:00Geoffrey Smith salutes double bass player Oscar Pettiford.
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| 01:00 | | | | | | 01:00Catriona Young presents the Boston Symphony Orchestra playing Haydn and Shostakovich.
| 01:00Jonathan Swain presents music by Nielsen and Ives performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
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| 06:00 | 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents a special edition of Radio 3's breakfast show for BBC Music Day.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
| 07:00Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Including Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius (Part 1), with the Huddersfield Choral Society.
| 09:00Music by Palestrina, plus Edinburgh Festival Chorus in excerpts from Mendelssohn's Elijah.
| 09:00With Sarah Walker. Including the Bach Choir in Bach's St Matthew Passion (excerpt).
| 09:00Including the Belfast Philharmonic Society Chorus in Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe (excerpts).
| 09:00Including Wagner's Pilgrims' Chorus (Tannhauser), plus the BBC Singers live in Bristol.
| 09:00With Andrew McGregor. Building a Library: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6, Op 74 (Pathetique).
| 09:00James Jolly introduces composers' last works, including Strauss and Schumann.
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| 12:00 | 12:001/5Donald Macleod on how Gershwin drew in the crowds on Broadway and in the concert hall.
| 12:002/5How Gershwin enjoyed good business in the theatre as well as playing the piano in concerts
| 12:003/5How Gershwin moved in an entirely new direction, creating his own brand of musical satire.
| 12:004/5How Gershwin discovered writing music for Hollywood films could be a frustrating business.
| 12:005/5Donald Macleod on how George Gershwin worked with his regular lyricist and brother Ira.
| 12:15Tom Service meets ENO's Daniel Kramer. Plus Anna Beer on her book on female composers.
| 12:00Michael Berkeley's guest is singer-songwriter Tanita Tikaram.
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| 13:00 | 13:00From Wigmore Hall, London, Till Fellner plays piano music by Beethoven and Schumann.
| 13:00The Sitkovetsky Duo live at the 2016 Hay Festival
| 13:00Pianist Pavel Kolesnikov performs live at the 2016 Hay Festival.
| 13:00Trombonist Peter Moore and pianist James Baillieu, live at the 2016 Hay festival.
| 13:00Guitarist Morgan Szymanski joins the Cremona Quartet at the 2016 Hay Festival.
| 13:00Broadcaster Sue MacGregor on her professional encounters with great classical musicians.
| 13:00From Wigmore Hall, London, Till Fellner plays piano music by Beethoven and Schumann.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:001/4The BBC SSO in music by Telemann, Beethoven, Mozart, Panufnik, Mahler and Wieniawski.
| 14:002/4With a live performance by the Ulster Orchestra, plus music performed by the BBC SSO.
| 14:003/4The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra performs music by Dvorak, Tchaikovsky and Panufnik.
| 14:00Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, with Karita Mattila
| 14:004/4With the BBC Singers performing live and music from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
| | 14:00Robert Hollingworth presents recordings by the BBC Singers of motets from the Medici Codex
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| 15:00 | | | 15:30From St Davids Cathedral Festival.
| | | 15:00Matthew Sweet introduces music for films dealing with the subject of racial prejudice.
| 15:00From St Davids Cathedral Festival.(R)
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| 16:00 | 16:30Sean Rafferty's guests include composer Anna Meredith and pianist Mark Bebbington.
| 16:30Sean Rafferty's guests include conductor Martyn Brabbins.
| 16:30Sean Rafferty with guests including Florilegium, Roderick Williams and Natalya Romaniw.
| 16:30Sean Rafferty presents a special programme from the 2016 Hay festival, with live music.
| 16:30From Colston Hall in Bristol as part of BBC Music Day with live music, chat and arts news.
| 16:00Alyn Shipton's selection includes music by Gregory Porter.
| 16:00Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces a selection of choral music and the latest Choral Classic.
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| 17:00 | | | | | | 17:00Cuban pianist Roberto Fonseca performs with his trio at the 2016 Gateshead Jazz Festival.
| 17:00Tom Service on the music, meaning and occasional madness of national anthems. 17:30Texts and music exploring circles and contours. Readers: Deborah Findlay and Hugh Fraser.
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| 18:00 | 18:001/5Donald Macleod on how Gershwin drew in the crowds on Broadway and in the concert hall.(R)
| 18:302/5How Gershwin enjoyed good business in the theatre as well as playing the piano in concerts(R)
| 18:303/5How Gershwin moved in an entirely new direction, creating his own brand of musical satire.(R)
| 18:304/5How Gershwin discovered writing music for Hollywood films could be a frustrating business.(R)
| 18:305/5Donald Macleod on how George Gershwin worked with his regular lyricist and brother Ira.(R)
| 18:30Violinist Tai Murray and pianist Gilles Vonsattel perform Enescu's Violin Sonata No 3.
| 18:454/8Sarah Dillon recounts James Joyce's epic struggle to publish his first book, Dubliners.
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| 19:00 | 19:00From Milton Court, London, Ian Skelly presents a performance of Handel's oratorio Saul.
| 19:30Clarinettist Michael Collins and friends play Mozart and Schubert at Wigmore Hall, London.
| 19:30Quintets by Shostakovich and Schubert from 2016's Hellensmusic festival in Herefordshire.
| 19:30Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Stravinsky, including the Requiem Canticles, Mass and Cantata.
| 19:30BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor Ben Gernon, live in Truro as part of BBC Music Day.
| 19:00Live from the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, a performance of Enescu's Oedipe.
| 19:30European concert highlights, featuring Debussy, Saint-Saens, Ravel and Brahms.
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| 21:00 | | | | | | | 21:00Drama fictionalising the only time Bix Beiderbecke and Louis Armstrong played together.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Tom Service is in conversation with renowned composer-conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen.(R) 22:451/5Artist and writer Edmund de Waal considers the idea of storytelling through objects.
| 22:00Rana Mitter introduces the ten academics named as the New Generation Thinkers for 2016. 22:452/5Writer Jon Gower recalls lessons learned from a master storyteller: his grandfather.
| 22:00Lionel Shriver, Marlon James and Steve Jones join Rana Mitter to debate inheritance. 22:453/5Broadcaster Clemency Burton-Hill considers the relationship between storytelling and music
| 22:00Philip Dodd explores the art of Bhupen Khakhar as a retrospective opens at Tate Modern. 22:454/5Professor David Crystal asks how we can preserve for the future the story of language.
| 22:00Ian McMillan with a special edition in front of an audience at the 2016 Hay Festival. 22:455/5Professor Emma Smith considers William Shakespeare's skills as a storyteller.
| 22:30Tom Service presents a concert called Rise of the Machines: Aphex Twin and G Prokofiev.
| 22:30Simon Heighes with music by Pinto, Vivaldi and A Scarlatti performed by Concerto Romano.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Soweto Kinch presents a concert by celebrated Italian trumpeter Enrico Rava.
| 23:00Adventures in music, ancient to future: Verity Sharp with ethnomusicologist Nabihah Iqbal.
| 23:00Verity Sharp celebrates avant-garde musical couples.
| 23:00With a 'wedding session' featuring drummer Seb Rochford and saxophonist Matana Roberts.
| 23:00Lopa Kothari introduces Baaba Maal performing at the 2016 Hay Festival.
| | 23:30Kurt Atterberg's Fourth and Sixth Symphonies conducted by Ari Rasilainen.
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